The gunman who opened fire this morning on Republican congressmen and staffers recently declared in a Facebook post that, “It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.”

The accused shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, 66, posted a link to a Change.org petition in late-March that included the notation that, “Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.”

The Smoking Gun also reports:

Hodgkinson’s Facebook page includes numerous photos of Senator Bernie Sanders, whom Hodgkinson appears to have strongly supported during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. In posts last August, Hodgkinson wrote, “I want Bernie to Win the White House” and “Bernie is a Progressive, while Hillary is Republican Lite.”

The deranged leftist was also a member of the Facebook group, ‘Terminate the Republican Party.’

Charles Orear, a man who worked on the campaign trail with the shooter, told the Washington Post that he was “was a passionate progressive and showed no signs of violence or malice toward others.”

Hodgkinson wrote a ‘passionate’ message on his other Facebook page two days ago, announcing “I Want to Say Mr. President, for being an ass hole you are Truly the Biggest Ass Hole We Have Ever Had in the Oval Office.”

This was a heinous act of violence influenced by the aggressive anti-Trump rhetoric parroted by the leftist media. Period.